John C. Stennis, U.S. Senator

John C. Stennis

★ U.S. Senator
Born
August 3, 1901
Died
April 23, 1995
Age at death
93
Home state
Mississippi
Party
Democratic
Years in office
42 years in the U.S. Senate
On the ballot
1947–1982
7-0
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Stennis1.9M
Opponents409,538
7
Elections run

Between 1947 and 1982, John C. Stennis ran in 7 U.S. Senate elections, winning all 7. Stennis's biggest single-election total was 554,433 votes, in the 1976 U.S. Senate election in Mississippi. Stennis's closest win came in the 1947 U.S. Senate election in Mississippi, decided by 6,343 votes.

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How many votes has John C. Stennis received?

John C. Stennis has received 1,945,544 popular votes across 7 U.S. elections, with a career record of 7–0.

Election history

John C. Stennis’s election history
YearOfficeResultVotesOpponent(s)
1982U.S. SenateMississippiWon414,09964.2%Haley Barbour
1976U.S. SenateMississippiWon554,433100%—
1970U.S. SenateMississippiWon286,62288.4%William R. Thompson
1964U.S. SenateMississippiWon343,364100%—
1958U.S. SenateMississippiWon61,039100%—
1952U.S. SenateMississippiWon233,919100%—
1947U.S. SenateMississippi · SpecialWon52,06826.88%William M. Colmer
Forrest B. Jackson

Paul B. Johnson Jr.

John E. Rankin
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (S000852) and Wikidata (Q1699509). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified November 11, 2026.